Josip Knežević
Josip Knežević (born 3 October 1988) is a Croatian international footballer, who plays for Puskás Akadémia.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Puskás Akadémia | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2006 | NK Osijek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | NK Osijek[2] | 69 | (12) |
| 2010–2013 | Amkar Perm | 20 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Kairat (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Kairat | 47 | (16) |
| 2015 | Kaisar | 11 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | NK Osijek | 43 | (6) |
| 2017– | Puskás Akadémia | 73 | (28) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Croatia U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Croatia U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Croatia U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2009 | Croatia U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2020 | |||
Career
Club
Knežević has started his career in senior professional team of NK Osijek on 2005/2006 at the age of 17. He has regularly played for Croatian national team U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21, has total 13 caps in Croatian national team for young players. Now, Josip Knežević is an active member of the Croatian national under-21 team. This season 2008/2009 he is actually second on the list of assists of Croatian Championship Prva HNL with 7 assists.
On 12 February 2010 Knežević moved to Russian side Amkar Perm in a deal initially worth €500,000.[3] Two years later, in January 2012, Knežević signed a season-long loan deal with Kazakhstan Premier League outfit FC Kairat.[4] After an impressive start, in which he scored 3 goals in 5 appearances, Knežević suffered a mid-season injury, but still ended up as the teams topscorer with 6 goals (3 - pen.). At the end of Kneževićs loan deal he returned to Amkar Perm, before signing a permanent three-year contract with FC Kairat in February 2013.[5]
After six-months without a team, Knežević signed a six-month contract with FC Kaisar.[6]
Career statistics
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Osijek | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 5 | |
| 2009–10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 5 | |
| 2015–16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 2 | |
| 2016–17 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 4 | |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | |
| Total | 103 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 13 | |
| Amkar Perm | |||||||||
| 2010 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 2 | |
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| Kairat | |||||||||
| 2012 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | |
| Total | 63 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 24 | |
| Kaisar | |||||||||
| 2015 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Puskás Akadémia | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 4 | – | – | 36 | 15 | |
| 2018–19 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 12 | |
| 2019–20 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 5 | |
| Total | 73 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 32 | |
| Career Total | 270 | 69 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 298 | 76 | |
Updated to games played as of 11 March 2020.
References
- Playerhistory Profile
- Statistics of Croatian Championship into English, page about Knezevic's statistics with his photo
- "The first signing(RUS)". 12 February 2010.
- «Амкар» отдал Кнежевича в аренду «Кайрату» (in Russian). sports.ru. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- Кнежевич переехал в "Кайрат" (in Russian). prosportkz. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- "Кайсар подписал Кнежеввича". fckaysar.kz (in Russian). FC Kaisar. 16 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- Official site of Croatian Football Federation on the news that Josip Knezevic was called in Croatian national team U-21 for match against Macedonia on 11 February 2009
- Official site of Croatian Football Federation on Knezevic's statistics in Croatian national teams U-18, U-19, U-20 and U-21 years (13 caps)
External links
- Josip Knežević at Soccerway